Nobody would have been under any illusions about the UK’s dire financial situation as Jeremy Hunt prepared to give his Autumn Statement last Thursday.
In the days preceding the chancellor’s big moment, the news was filled with stories of rocketing inflation and threats to vital public services, with the country braced for inevitable recession.
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